[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 83 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10675]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Conservation Act of 1978; Notice of Permit Modification

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

SUMMARY: The Foundation modified a permit to conduct activities 
regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
541; Code of Federal Regulation Title 45, Part 670).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit 
Officer, Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, National Science 
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

Description of Permit and Modification

    On September 25, 1998, the National Science Foundation issued a 
permit (ACA #99-009) to Dr. William R. Fraser after posting a notice in 
the August 27, 1998 Federal Register. Public comments were not 
received. A request to modify the permit was posted in the Federal 
Register on March 13, 2001. No public comments were received. The 
modification, issued by the Foundation on April 20, 2001, allows the 
permit holder to capture, study and release up to 50 Emperor penguins, 
100 Gentoo penguins, 100 Chinstrap penguins, and 100 each of Snow, Cape 
and Antarctic Petrels. The data collected will help to access how 
annual environmental variability affects seabird diets, breeding 
success, growth rates, and population trends.
    Location: Antarctic Peninsula.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-10675 Filed 4-27-01; 8:45 am]
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